Meanings
- not comparablesimileCompletely or quintessentially Canadian.
George Matheson Murray, the man she was to meet in South Vancouver, was an oatmeal porridge Scot as Canadian as maple syrup.
2003, Stan Sauerwein, Ma Murray: The Story of Canada's Crusty Queen of Publishing, Altitude Publishing, →ISBN, page 202 more examples
To many in the world theatre scene, Canada would, at first glance, appear to be an unlikely place for anything exciting to happen. So, what's a poor kid to do if he's Canadian as maple syrup, yet every fibre of his being screams, “Gotta sing! Gotta dance!"?
2006, Mel Alkey, Broadway North: The Dream of a Canadian Musical Theatre, National Heritage/Natural History, →ISBN, page 3Back home, meanwhile, souvenir shops in many Canadian cities feature humidors well stocked with Cuban tobacco products for sale to American tourists. The Cuban cigar has become, in a sense, as Canadian as maple syrup.
2014, Chris Turner, How to Breathe Underwater: Field Reports from an Age of Radical Change, Biblioasis, →ISBN, page 220
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